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Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs? |
Date: |
Tue, 08 Mar 2016 17:58:21 +0200 |
> From: Óscar Fuentes <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 05:34:10 +0100
>
> >> Another option for correcting errors on commit logs is `git notes', but
> >> I don't know about its implications.
> >
> > Nobody does. We shouldn't consider any more experiments in this area
> > until someone else uses these methods and proves they are viable in
> > our case.
>
> How could *someone else* prove the viability of something in *our* case?
By coming up with a procedure which we can study and decide whether
it fits us.
> You always can argue that his project is not Emacs...
I can, but why would I want to? The opinions are not pre-determined,
they are based on study and in this case also on a year-long
experience of actually using a procedure.
> `git notes' is a documented feature available since a long time ago. It
> can turn the immutability of the commit log into a non-issue if you wish
> to produce a proofread ChangeLog to include in the tarball.
We need a more detailed proposal than this, TIA. David says "git
notes" is not a solution; if notes don't support merging, then I tend
to think he is right.
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, (continued)
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Óscar Fuentes, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Óscar Fuentes, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Óscar Fuentes, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, David Engster, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Óscar Fuentes, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, David Engster, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Óscar Fuentes, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Óscar Fuentes, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/07
- Code reviews (was: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?), Stefan Monnier, 2016/03/07
- Re: Code reviews, Óscar Fuentes, 2016/03/07
- Re: Code reviews, Stefan Monnier, 2016/03/08
- Re: Code reviews, Phillip Lord, 2016/03/08
- Re: Code reviews, Yuri Khan, 2016/03/08
- Re: Code reviews, Stefan Monnier, 2016/03/08
- Re: Code reviews, Phillip Lord, 2016/03/09
- Re: Code reviews, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/08